I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
Interpretation
Great programmers are defined by their strong habits rather than just their skills.
This quote emphasizes that the foundation of exceptional programming is not solely based on innate talent or advanced knowledge, but rather on the discipline of cultivating good habits. Kent Beck suggests that consistent practices and routines enable programmers to achieve greater results than relying on skill alone.
In practice
In a coding bootcamp, to motivate students to develop good coding habits.
Code wants to be simple... I had to give up the idea that I had the perfect vision of the system to which the system had to conform. Instead, I had to accept that I was only the vehicle for the system expressing its own desire for simplicity. My vision could shape initial direction, and my attention to the desires of the code could affect how quickly and how well the system found its desired shape, but the system is riding me much more than I am riding the system.
Know the white, But keep the black, Be an example to the world! Being an example to the world, Ever true and unwavering, Return to the infinite.
Never confuse activity with accomplishment.
Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
Thus every matter, if it is to be done well, calls for the attention of the whole person.
I hope that if you are employed full-time, you are doing it to ensure that basic needs are met and not simply to indulge a taste for an elaborate home, fancy cars, and other luxuries.
Consequence is no coincidence.
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